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Juan Ponce de León Hernán (Hernando) Cortés Francisco Vásquez de Coronado Francisco Pizarro Hernando de Soto Giovanni da Verrazano Jacques Cartier Henry Hudson Spain He wanted to find the Fountain of Youth. CURIOSITY He landed in Florida and was the first Spanish explorer to set foot on land that became a part of the United States. Spain He wanted to find Aztec gold. WEALTH He conquered the Aztec Empire. He claimed land (Mexico) for Spain. Spain He claimed lands in the He wanted to find gold and the golden city in the southwestern U.S. southwestern United States for Spain. (He did not find the WEALTH golden city.) Spain He wanted to explore the Indian lands (Peru) and find wealth. WEALTH He conquered the Incas of Peru. He was made governor of the land. He claimed land for Spain. Spain He wanted to claim land for Spain. NATIONAL PRIDE He explored the southeastern United States. He was the first European to see the Mississippi River. France He wanted to find a NW Passage (a He was the 1st European to waterway through North America sail into the New York Harbor. that connected the Atlantic and He got a bridge named after him. Pacific Oceans.) BETTER TRADE ROUTES France He wanted to find a NW Passage (a waterway through North America that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.) BETTER TRADE ROUTES He claimed land (present-day Canada – along the St. Lawrence to Montreal) for France. He wanted to find a NW Passage (a Netherlands waterway through North America that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.) England BETTER TRADE ROUTES He claimed the New York Harbor (Hudson River) for the Netherlands. He claimed land for England. He claimed the Hudson Bay (in Canada) for England. Prince Henry Portugal He realized that by controlling the trade routes, Portugal would then have access to the foreign goods and would get rich. WEALTH and FOREIGN GOODS He established a school of navigation, ship building, and map making He showed you could sail Christopher Columbus Spain He wanted to convert the Natives to west across the ocean. He Christianity. RELIGION landed in the Caribbean He wanted to find a sea route to the Islands; before then, this area was unknown. He opened up Indies by sailing west. BETTER North and South America to TRADE ROUTES European exploration. John Cabot England He wanted to claim land for England. NATIONAL PRIDE He wanted to find a sea route to the Indies by sailing west. BETTER TRADE ROUTES Amerigo Vespucci Spain & Portugal He wanted to find out if Columbus and Cabot had really found Asia. These new lands (the Americas) were named after him. Spain He had heard about this huge ocean and wanted to see what was on the other side of the land. CURIOSITY He was the 1st European to see the eastern coast of the Pacific Ocean. Spain He wanted to find a western route to Asia by going around South America and traveling across the Pacific Ocean. BETTER TRADE ROUTES Vasco Nunez de Balboa Ferdinand Magellan He landed in Newfoundland, Canada. He claimed this land for England. His crew was the 1st to circumnavigate the world by going around South America.